Heaven Forbid If We Have a Real National Emergency The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, regarding reports that President Trump intends to declare a national emergency to seek funds for his border wall: Just because the the President didn’t get what he...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice reacting to the proposed DHS funding deal and implications: Democrats must do more to rein in the runaway train of DHS funding and the rogue behavior of ICE and CBP. For too long, ICE and the...
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“Moving forward, House Democrats must address ICE’s impunity and lies and remember that every ‘detention bed’ on a budget ledger is a human life.”– Pili Tobar, Deputy Director The implications of the DHS funding deal to keep the government open – in particular the detention beds and related nuances...
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With hubris, President Donald Trump went to El Paso, Texas to proclaim the “benefits” of the wall–as if he knows more about the situation than local officials and residents of this border city. What’s worse, he did it through falsehoods and exaggerations. He trotted out his new campaign slogan,...
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Donald Trump is hold a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas tonight — the latest stunt in his ongoing obsession to build the border wall. During last week’s State of the Union address, Trump singled out El Paso as a place that supposedly represented his false narrative about life...
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The call will urge the Trump Administration to stop the wall and stop the lies A recording of the call is available here. Earlier today, Fernando Garcia, the executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights, Linda Rivas of the Women’s March of El Paso, Rep. Veronica Escobar...
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In fiscal year (FY) 2006, the number of Congressionally authorized immigration detention beds was only 21,500 and has steadily increased: 27,500 in FY 07, 33,400 in FY 10, 34,000 for FY 12 through FY 16, and 40,500 in FY 18: Since FY 18, the Congress has not appropriated...
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Today, America’s Voice launched a new, six-figure week long television and digital advertising campaign uplifting bipartisan voices against Trump’s border wall and urging Americans to encourage their members of Congress to oppose funding for his border wall and his threats of declaring a national emergency to detract from military...
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Two key pieces from leading observers Ronald Brownstein and Greg Sargent underscore that Trump’s wall obsession and larger anti-immigrant agenda is unpopular and threatens lasting damage to the Republican brand. Both pieces are excerpted below and required Friday reading. The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein: “Trump Is Walling Off the GOP”...
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Read piece here Austin, TX – There have been a number of powerful responses to the President’s lies about crime, immigration and border issues in El Paso, Texas during his State of the Union address. In a piece published in Texas Monthly yesterday, Chris Hooks outlines just how President...
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